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echo: linuxhelp
to: Randall Parker
from: take-out-this-stuff)pundit\`{at}(same-
date: 2006-07-22 09:38:44
subject: Re: Better fonts?

From: dot-here
<""future(take-out-this-stuff)pundit\"{at}(same-name-as-on-left-sid
e)(dot-here)com">

I meant to say "Still others Garamond".

Are there open source fonts on the web that have the same names as MS fonts?

Randall Parker wrote:
> It is a pure Linux machine.
>
> I mostly want to get better fonts when reading web sites with FireFox. I
> visit the same sites with Windows and Linux and the difference ni text
> readability and even of spacing is big and not in Linux's favor.
>
> Some sites use Verdana. Others use Arial. Still others Verdana. Those
> sites all look crappy on Linux.
>
> Adam > wrote:
>> Randall Parker wrote:
>>> Can one get better fonts for Linux?
>>
>> There are always the windows web fonts & if you have dual boot then
>> you'll have those in your windows partition.
>>
>> Adam

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